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tonight on a special edition of "world news" from colorado. authorities are breaking through the gunman's traps. tonight, federal agents joined the police in awe ror ra. this is something they have never seen before defusing explosives. also, the delicate mission some place else. the trauma rooms. "world news" getting access to the intensive care unit. and the loss. a father's desperate search. >> tell me where he is, okay, find my son. i don't know where he is. >> we learn of the son, gone. and the brave mother remembering her daughter.
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what she told diane sawyer and what so many of you did. tragedy in colorado, the movie theater massacre. and good evening, tonight, from aurora, colorado. as we come on the air, the delicate task continues. federal teams are now here. a bomb squad works through the suspect's apartment. after the devastating shooting behind me. the suspect trapping so many people in the theater. it was clear he wanted to trap the police that then showed up at his apartment. all day, invest gators have been at the apartment. earlier today, we heard this. [ explosion ] are jars of unjoan liquid, the 30 devices so they could get to the real clues. the latest toll, 12 people have died, 58 wouned.
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eight remain in contract call condition. the suspect, james holmes is in isolation. the suspect received guns and bullets for months. our team is on the story tonight with thank you details about the suspect, those who dies and about the survivors who have defied even the doctors. we begin with the operation at the apartment that continues at this hour. tonight, federal authorities have joined the local police here, trying to carefully break through the gunman's trap. bomb squads care if i taking apart the apartment. one of those explosives being disarmed. we found police tape and patrols surrounding the neighborhood for blocks. four buildings evacuated. wanted to give you a sense of all this. this is the suspect's building. the third floor. you can see the fire ladder up there over the building. the heavy, heavy police
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presence. authorities are going in. they have police tape for several blocks. the media is kept on the sidewalk here. we go inside the apartment. one of the gunman's neighbors. to power goes out the this mother frightened for her children. [ speaking spanish ] >> she says she's nervous. the suspect's apartment is about 800 square feet. up side rg sel trip wires rigged to trigger explosions. 30 explosive devices, including jars with chemicals and 30 shells with explosive powder. the police chief telling us the suspect's sbepgss were clear. will. this apartment was designed, based on everything i have seen, to kill anybody who entered it. >> across town tonight, the efforts to save the critically wounded by the gunman's other
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trap inside the theater. today, we were given access to the intensive care unit. eight people in critical condition. fighting for their lives. two of them right here. tonight, an extraordinary comeback. we were allowed to visit stephen barton. shot in the arm, the neck, the face. >> how's it going? >> reporter: the syracuse graduate was biking across the country. that speech he gave, he was holding a camera. >> capturing the most meaningful moments of my life. >> reporter: thursday nighter he took a photo of his movie ticket and posted it. and now we see this. an image of survival. >> definitely. i'm very glad. i feel blessed. >> reporter: blessed he said to survive the shots to his neck. he showed me the wounds. he hasn't counted them. while we were there, he found out he could be moved from
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intensive care as early as tonight. >> i have long scars. i kind of like that because every morning i can look in the mirror and see the scars and be reminded that you have to live life to the fullest. >> reporter: he's going to get out of the icu soon? >> i think so. i think so. >> reporter: is he supposed to hear that. >> he's probably already heard that. >> reporter: he's got his bike outside the door. >> that doesn't mean he's going home. >> steef could be out of intensive care by tonight. that doctor also worked on the victims of kol imbin, too. abs's cecelia vega has new detail about the suspect and the neighbor who came so close to setting off the traps without n snowing it. >> authorities have been out here all day trying to get inside this apartment safely and
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preserve the evidence inside. we're learning more about the man accused of all of this horror and his alleged plot to kill so many. to his neighbors, james holmes was a complete mystery. he rarely said hello, always kept to himself. on friday morning, the couple living directly below him came close to crossing his path. >> at mid night, heard loud music. >> reporter: she banged on the door. >> i put my hand on the doorknob. i went to walk in. something stopped me. i don't know what. i was fearful for whatever reason. >> reporter: she had no idea that behind the door is what police call a death trap. so far, just a few photos of holmes have emerged. smiling in his high school
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yearbook. and as a neuroscience ph.d. student at the university of colorado. remarkably, in today's virtual world this 24-year-old seems to have no online footprint. to those who know him, he is quiet an introvert. >> a nice kid. grew up in a nice neighborhood. i don't know what happened. >> reporter: it's a question being asked around the world. what happened? and why? holmes was raised in this san diego neighborhood. he was an honor student who did not walk in his graduation ceremony. some who grew up with him called him a loner. no one saw this coming. >> he was the tipd of person if you teased him, he would sit and smile and not do anything about it. >> reporter: and holmes has been booked in county jail. the police chief saying the most important thing is getting justice for the victims and their families. david? >> cecelia vega tonight.
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thank you. we took you inside the apartment. tonight, investigators have pieced together just how james holmes obtained all of that fire pouper to unleash his rage. four guns, 6,000 rounds of ammunition. >> reporter: james holmes quietly began building his arsenal two months ago. buying his first gun, a glock pistol at gander mountain guns in aurora. he bought a tactical shotgun. another pistol. the suspected primary murder weapon, too. he filled out a form, showed i.d. he had no criminal record. 6,000 rounds of ammunition, all bought online legally. he amassed s.w.a.t. gear.
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all of it bought to bear for a packed movie theater where he would shoot 70 people. tonight, authorities are trying to determine if there was a triggering event, something d dramatic in the suspect's life that triggered his murderous campaign. we're told he became increasingly unstable in the last now weeks. now to the other emerging story line tonight. the loved ones lost. the families waiting for word, holding out hope. police have now notified the families. they've released an official list. also on the ground here tonight, david wright. >> reporter: there was a real-life villain inside the theater. but real-life heroes, too. people who saved their girlfriends lives by sacrificing their own. john larimer leapt over his seat to save his girlfriend.
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his sailor buddies dragged his boud of of the theater. alex teves jumped in front of his girlfriend. taking a bullet that would have hit her. and matt mcquinn saved his girlfriend the same way. mcquinn's quick actions saved her life. last night, the coroner broke the news to families. >> tell me where he is, okay. find my son. i don't know where he is. okay? somebody find him and call us. tell him to call us. >> reporter: his son never called. yesterday was alex sullivan's birthday. instead of celebrating, his father learns he's dead. in hot rooms, survivors are struggling to make sense of all this. 14-year-old protio now has a bullet hole in his back. is that still inside you? >> it is. they said it's in a safe place.
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it won't do me in harm. i see life differently. >> reporter: how so? >> it's shocking to see how fast you could die. how fragile life is. >> reporter: how do you think this will change your life? >> it will make me more careful in what i do. i'll try to think twice before i do something. movie premiers, there's maybe more people, maybe next time wait for the dvd. >> reporter: he's 14 years old. he may never go to the movies again. he's expected to be released today. he's going to go see his mom. she was also injured. she underwent surgery today in a hospital clear across town. david? >> david wright thank you. pulling for that mom tonight. some of the first alerts we saw were from facebook and text messages. tonight from a mother who lost her daughter with a simple
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questio request. the mother suggested why not remember the daughter, tweet her daughter's name instead. more than 19,000 of you tweeting her daughter's name. here, tonight, with the mother of jessica ghawi. >> you said at one point she was a jolt of lightning. >> i don't know who said that. but that would be an accurate description. she was like a jolt of lightning. we would tease when show would come ohome for a visit, she woud walk in the door and it was automatic chaos because of the energy level she brought into a room. >> i think it is going to stun everyone that she was there this toronto. >> yes. >> and there was that awful shooting there. >> yes, and she was -- very affected by watching the victims being brought out of that shooting. and realizing that -- several of
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them were very close to her own age. and realized that life is very fragile. she's -- she had an epiphany at that moment that it could happen to any of us at any time. and instead of being afraid of that, she embraced life even more fully. >> sandy phillips was planning a visit to colorado to visit her daughter next week. our thanks to her and diane. as we reported, it appears james holmes obtained his arsenal legally. mayor michael bloomberg is demanding that mitt romney and president obama start talking about tougher gun control. there was a real push here after the columbine shootings 13 miles away. has anything changed? >> reporter: colorado is again grieving. a new round of vigils.
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something that seems all too frequent to tom mauser. >> we're a nation that is awash in violence. >> reporter: he lost his son, daniel in the massacre at columbine high school. he believes in the years since two student gunmen killed 13 people, not enough has changed. >> it makes me angry. it makes me sad for america that we have other countries looking at us saying, what is going on there? are you people nuts? it's not just the assault rifle. it's the magazines that can hold 30, 50, 100 rounds. they make it easy for people like this. >> reporter: after columbine, colorado passed a law to conduct back round checks on some buy s buyers. no limit on the number of guns you can buy. at this gun show we visited today in loveland, colorado, even gun advocates agree the system is not perfect.
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>> you can't stop selling gun. if you're going to be in an armed country, you have the deal with occasional fruit loops, i think. it's unfortunate. >> reporter: when asked what the more important, protecting the rights of gun owners or creating more restrictive gun laws, americans are divided. they don't seem to change attitudes after horrific events like this. david? and still ahead on this special edition of "world news saturday." the man behind the mask speaking out tonight. a new statement from actor cristian bale. his message when we come back. organic artichokes, organic lettuce, organic kale... does your cauliflower have a big carbon footprint? not at all. that's great. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. uhh...mr. gallagher. incoming!!!
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>> a storm coming. >> reporter: this weekend, it's not the violence on the screen giving parents pause. >> i have a teenager. i'm afraid. i'll think he's safe and he might not be. >> reporter: police have stepped up security at theaters in new york and los angeles. some undercover. movie theaters are tyingening up their own security. >> we got here, we were not allowed to bring in our back pax. >> reporter: the vast majority think colorado is an isolated incident. >> i feel safe. i feel fine opinion it's a movie. >> reporter: industry watchers expect the movie to make a lot of money this week end. out of respect for the victims' family members, they will not release box off numbers until monday. >> thank you, john. when we come back, the other news of the day. including a breaking headline involving a media titan.
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we're going to turn now to some of the other news tonight.
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word from london that rupert murdoch has revisigned there th boards that run his thups in london and the united states. syrian rebel have pushed into one of the big cities there. the chaos is spreading beyond the borders now with the u.n. estimate that 120,000 syrians have fled to neighboring countries. and back here in this country tonight. dangerous heat from east texas to south dakota. the southeast, flooding rains. new orleans, record rainfall. in north carolina, a chopping mall in charlotte is partially closed today. a roof collapse there. the simple request made here with so many people listening. [ feedback ] attention, well, everyone.
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and finally tonight, here, the struggle to heal. all over the city of aurora, colorado, people have been reaching out, trying to understand. trying to help one another.
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we captured one of those moments. it was a simple request. they came from all over the xhupt the light a candle here. so many did the same a little more than a decade ago. while we were there this time, we were moved by a simple ininstruction from a pastor. >> use the spirit in you to find four people. give them the best hg you have. find four and give them the pest hug you have. >> reporter: they listened. they hugged. strangers trying to rebuild the chunt. >> it's a great community. it's just hard. how terrible. >> reporter: most of the people here didn't know the victims. but everyone was hurt. the pain clear on their faces. jessica noble did. she had a friend she lost this the theater. she knew others that were wounded. she came to the vigil and found the hug she needed from a complete stranger. >> they're miles away.
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they showed up to be here to support. it's really -- it's thoughtful. she didn't know me. she came up and prayed for me. >> the power of a hug seen all over this city. that the witneis "world new." watch good morning america tomorrow morning. from all of us here at abc news, thank you for watching. good night.
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